wrathfulness
noun
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in a wrathful voice she demanded to know what had happened
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The deathbed and post-death rituals include performing devotional prayers to peaceful and wrathful deities oneself.
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Jue Liang, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Athletes are no strangers to wrathful comments, of course.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The sculpture depicts Krishna, the protector, raising a mountain with his left arm to shield cowherds from the wrathful storm unleashed by Indra—a pivotal motif in Khmer art.
—Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
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Jue Liang, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Athletes are no strangers to wrathful comments, of course.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The sculpture depicts Krishna, the protector, raising a mountain with his left arm to shield cowherds from the wrathful storm unleashed by Indra—a pivotal motif in Khmer art.
—Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wrathful
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“Wrathful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrathful. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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